| Variable . | Description . |
|---|---|
| Exp | Total expenditure on education |
| Female | Dummy variable where 1 is girl and 0 is boy |
| Income | Total income of the households in thousands of Nepalese rupees |
| Poor | Dummy variable where 1 implies a household is poor and 0 implies it is nota |
| Birthorder | Ordinal variable where 1 represents a firstborn child, 2 represents a second child, and so on |
| HHsize | Size of the household |
| Fatheredu | Education qualification of father with 10 representing 10th grade |
| Motheredu | Education qualification of mother with 10 representing 10th grade |
| Ethni | Dummy variable where 1 represents member of the upper caste and 0 represents other ethnicities |
| Currentclass | Current grade of the student |
| Distschool | Distance from home to school (in kilometers in 2010–2011 and hours in 1995–1996 and 2003–2004) |
| Schooltype | Dummy variable where 1 and 0 mean enrollment in private and public schools, respectively |
| Rural | Dummy variable where 1 represents rural and 0 represents urban |
| Variable . | Description . |
|---|---|
| Exp | Total expenditure on education |
| Female | Dummy variable where 1 is girl and 0 is boy |
| Income | Total income of the households in thousands of Nepalese rupees |
| Poor | Dummy variable where 1 implies a household is poor and 0 implies it is nota |
| Birthorder | Ordinal variable where 1 represents a firstborn child, 2 represents a second child, and so on |
| HHsize | Size of the household |
| Fatheredu | Education qualification of father with 10 representing 10th grade |
| Motheredu | Education qualification of mother with 10 representing 10th grade |
| Ethni | Dummy variable where 1 represents member of the upper caste and 0 represents other ethnicities |
| Currentclass | Current grade of the student |
| Distschool | Distance from home to school (in kilometers in 2010–2011 and hours in 1995–1996 and 2003–2004) |
| Schooltype | Dummy variable where 1 and 0 mean enrollment in private and public schools, respectively |
| Rural | Dummy variable where 1 represents rural and 0 represents urban |
aThe poverty line has been drawn based on nutritional requirements included in the NLSS.
Source: Author's compilation.